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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3654-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Sebastien Delafond
August 26, 2016                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : quagga
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-4036 CVE-2016-4049
Debian Bug     : 822787 835223

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in quagga, a BGP/OSPF/RIP routing
daemon.

  CVE-2016-4036

     Tamás Németh discovered that sensitive configuration files in
     /etc/quagga were world-readable despite containing sensitive
     information.

  CVE-2016-4049

    Evgeny Uskov discovered that a bgpd instance handling many peers    could be crashed by a malicious user when requesting a route dump.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.99.23.1-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your quagga packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3654-1: quagga security update

August 26, 2016
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in quagga, a BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon

Summary

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in quagga, a BGP/OSPF/RIP routing
daemon.

CVE-2016-4036

Tamás Németh discovered that sensitive configuration files in
/etc/quagga were world-readable despite containing sensitive
information.

CVE-2016-4049

Evgeny Uskov discovered that a bgpd instance handling many peers could be crashed by a malicious user when requesting a route dump.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.99.23.1-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your quagga packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Package : quagga
CVE ID : CVE-2016-4036 CVE-2016-4049
Debian Bug : 822787 835223

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